September 2022
Can Siri Recognize a Vampire?
09/04/22 Filed in: Tech Trouble
A few months ago I suspected that I had turned into a vampire when I couldn’t see my fingers in my Rav4’s rearview mirror. But I abandoned that hypothesis after I convinced myself that the Toyota had a rear camera system built into the mirror, that I had simply misunderstood the technology, and, most importantly, that I was not undead.
But there is a new development, which I find worrying. My iPhone no longer sees me. Yes, I see myself in the selfie camera, but in a deeper way, I am evidently not there. Face ID no longer works.
I tried restarting the phone. It still didn’t recognize me. I tried turning off Face ID and setting it up again. That is when I really began to worry. The phone kept telling me to position my face in the frame, which I did. But it acted as if there was no face was to be seen. While I thought my face was there, it didn’t. And who are people going to believe?
I got in touch with Apple. They ran a diagnostic and made an appointment for me at the Genius Bar. But a question they asked has me worried. “Has anyone else been able to set up Face ID on this phone?” That’s suggests that they suspect that the problem is not the phone, but me. Perhaps this happens all the time, and they are used to dealing with it. If the genius assigned to me appears with garlic, holy water, and a wooden stake, I’ll know for sure.
But there is a new development, which I find worrying. My iPhone no longer sees me. Yes, I see myself in the selfie camera, but in a deeper way, I am evidently not there. Face ID no longer works.
I tried restarting the phone. It still didn’t recognize me. I tried turning off Face ID and setting it up again. That is when I really began to worry. The phone kept telling me to position my face in the frame, which I did. But it acted as if there was no face was to be seen. While I thought my face was there, it didn’t. And who are people going to believe?
I got in touch with Apple. They ran a diagnostic and made an appointment for me at the Genius Bar. But a question they asked has me worried. “Has anyone else been able to set up Face ID on this phone?” That’s suggests that they suspect that the problem is not the phone, but me. Perhaps this happens all the time, and they are used to dealing with it. If the genius assigned to me appears with garlic, holy water, and a wooden stake, I’ll know for sure.